. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . this arduous service may be imaginedwhen it is stated that when the car ferrysteamer Pere Marquette. one of thelake fleet, went into dry dock for examina-tion in the autumn of 1899, she had trav-eled more than 40,000 miles without re-pairs. Originally, the railroads having terminiat Great Lake ports, between which it wasnecessary to maintain as nearly uninter-rupted communication as possible, weredependent upon iron-shod ferryboats. Aswas inevitable, traffic was frequently in-terrupted during the more se
. Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . this arduous service may be imaginedwhen it is stated that when the car ferrysteamer Pere Marquette. one of thelake fleet, went into dry dock for examina-tion in the autumn of 1899, she had trav-eled more than 40,000 miles without re-pairs. Originally, the railroads having terminiat Great Lake ports, between which it wasnecessary to maintain as nearly uninter-rupted communication as possible, weredependent upon iron-shod ferryboats. Aswas inevitable, traffic was frequently in-terrupted during the more severe winterweather, and it was necessary to divertfreight and passengers to long, round-about hauls. One day when one of the ferryboats was both bow and stern, she would not onlyhave the requisite carrying capacity, butwould be able to make her way throughice of almost any thickness. D. McCool, who was at tlio time gen- the plans, the price gradually increaseduntil it reached $285,000, at which figurethe contract was closed for the steamerSt. Ignace. The Algomah, predecessor nf the A RAILWAY FERRY IN LIGHT ICE. eral superintendent of the Mackinac &Marquette Railroad, endorsed the idea atonce, and finally won over President Led-yard, of the Michigan Central Railroad,who had originally opposed the two roads mentioned and the GrandRapids & Indiana Railroad jointly opened
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